Canelo Alvarez working on his own speed for Amir Khan fight

Canelo Alvarez discusses his approach to the speedy Amir Khan, writes John Dennen

SAUL “Canelo” Alvarez is working on his own speed ahead of taking on Amir Khan at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on May 7. “I hope that really does happen that I am faster,” he says. “But I’m working hard, and we won’t know until fight night how I feel or how I come out. But as of right now, I’m just working hard and trying to adjust to the game plan and get ready for the style that Amir is going to bring.

“He’s a fighter that’s very fast. He’s explosive. He’s a very, very good fighter. He’s fast, explosive. That’s why I’m training so hard. I want to be 100 percent because I don’t like surprises.

“I’m obligated to win the fight, not necessarily to win by knockout, but to win the fight. That’s why I train hard, so I can win this fight. I don’t think about the knockout.”

He would like eventually to be considered the best fighter in the world. “But it’s not for me to say. It’s the public. If the public considers me that or I’m named pound for pound the best fighter, that’s great. But yeah, that’s something I would love to attain,” Alvarez notes. “I don’t give myself titles. I don’t think of that. What I do is I do my job. If other people want to say that I’m the next person in boxing or call me or give me titles, then that’s up to them. That’s their opinion.